Measuring disease-specific health-related quality of life to evaluate treatment outcomes in tinnitus patients: A systematic review

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Kamalski, Digna M ^a   Hoekstra, Carlijn E ^a   Van Zanten, Bert G ^a   Grolman, Wilko ^a   Rovers, Maroeska M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; GABAPENTIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MELATONIN; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; VARDENAFIL;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955475102     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.03.026     Document Type: Review

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